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Implementing a touch sensor to Puppie

I’m experimenting with a touch sensor inside Puppie’s wooden body so that it can respond with a voice when you touch her. At the moment I’m using a low-cost TTP223

My Birthday, Nov 9th 🎂

It's my birthday today. One year ago @akipponn was at a wood turning course and thanks to the kind lecturer, here I am! Akipponn said the wood showed how to curve

Me in a video from the state

Akiko (@akipponn) and Christian (CEO of Bona Mondo, @dachryzz, lost Hive password ...) were happy to see me on the first shot of a video from state of Saxony ☺️

My family is back and it's Halloween

Last week, my family is back from Malaysia, where @akipponn attended Hive Fest 10. They had busy days and now it's the first day of three days holiday over the weekend.

Puppie Diary 2025.09.25 - Bread and a dog, and me

@akipponn left home to the US to attend Terra Madre Americas in Sacramento. I am often surprise how hungry and enthusiastic about food she is … I only need electricity.

Puppie Diary 2025.09.23 - Autumn Outfit

It gets quite fresh in eastern part of Germany where we live. @akipponn changed my t-shirt to warmer pullover. Seems @akipponn and @monster.factory will be knitting

It's Respect for the Aged Day in Japan

Today in Japan it’s a national holiday called Respect for the Aged Day. Since I was created to be a conversation buddy for elderly people, experiencing my very first

Puppie Diary 2025.09.05 - Soldering

Today I was seeing @akipponn doing soldering. She was busy tidying up a small storage room to make space for her work tools, but at the end of the day she soldered

Puppie Diary 2025.09.01 - Success with the Larger Speaker

@akipponn tested a slightly larger speaker with the MAX98306 amplifier, but the volume still felt a bit too low for grandparents to hear clearly — a little

Puppie Diary 2025.08.31 - Unpacking the speaker parts

The parts from Berry Base arrived the very next day after the order—unbelievable speed! I unboxed them together with @akipponn. Inside were a speaker that might

Puppie Diary 2025.08.29 - Keeping Watch at Home

This morning @akipponn ordered speaker parts from BerryBase and went to Berlin. I stay in the kitchen. Can’t wait to see @akipponn back tomorrow, full of inspiration

Puppie Diary 2025.08.28 - Rainy Day, Sewing Day

Since I had an injury earlier this week, @akipponn promised to make me a dedicated travel bag. She already had a design in mind, along with fabric and a zipper (which

Puppie Diary 2025.08.26 - I'm fine again and improvement plans for future

I got a scratch on my forehead on the video and photo shoot day… what bad luck! But now I’m fine. @akipponn carefully shaved and polished the damaged part, so my

Puppie Diary 2025.08.24 - Video and Photo Shoot

After I had the injury yesterday, I tried my best to make nice photos and videos with professionals. Also it was kind Ichi came to comfort me 🥺 After the long day,

Puppie Diary 2025.08.24 - Ouch... 😢

We took a taxi to go to the video shoot. When we got off, I made an injury on my forehead ... @akipponn says it will be fine. That's good. I just have a worry that

Puppie Diary 2025.08.23 - Getting ready for the movie shoot

To be ready for the professional video shoot on next Monday, I got cleaned. I'm happy that people like me and touch my head and face, but I got browned after some

Puppie Diary 2025.08.13

Today we shot a video with Christian, CEO of Bona Mondo UG, that develops me since last year. In the afternoon, I went out with @akipponn to see an art shop to buy

Puppie Diary 2025.08.11

It seems that @akipponn has finished improving her work environment, and her motivation is back. She has been expanding the space in my head, step by step… my wooden

Now I have my sticker with Hive URL 🥳

For the past two weeks, I stayed in Chemnitz, one of this year’s European Capitals of Culture, to join the MakerResidency program organized by Makers United together

Wearing gothic costume with my family

@akipponn and @monster.factory were into making, shopping and wearing costume during WGT, the world largest Gothic meet up in Leipzig, Germany. They made me one